Lorena Wolffer
Individual
Roles
Artist, CuratorBiography
Lorena Wolffer (Mexico City, 1971) is an artist and cultural activist. She has broadly presented her work in Mexico and internationally. She has also produced, facilitated, and curated dozens of projects with numerous artists in platforms such as museums, public spaces, and television. She has conducted classes, workshops, diploma courses, and lectures at dozens of art spaces, museums, universities, and institutions, and her writings have been published in magazines, newspapers, and books. She currently coordinates DISIDENTA: Comunidad de práctica social + saberes feministas with Cerrucha and María Laura Rosa. Wolffer was a member of the Parlamento de Mujeres de la Ciudad de México (2019); Coordinator for Social Practice and Interventions at the Laboratorio Nacional Diversidades (UNAM-CONACyT) (2017); Academic Coordinator of Arte, cultura y justicia: representaciones y performatividades alternas for the Programa Universitario de Estudios de Género, UNAM (2011); advisor to the Coordinación de Difusión Cultural of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2004-2007); and co-founder and director of Ex-Teresa Arte Alternativo of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (1994-1996), all in Mexico City. She has been the recipient of the Hermila Galindo Medal (Mexico City Congress, Mexico City, 2019), the Artraker Award for Social Impact (England, 2014), Commended Artist of Freedom to Create (Singapore, 2011) and the Omecíhuatl Medal granted by Inumjeres DF (Mexico City, 2011), among other grants and prizes.Lorena Wolffer, 2024
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